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which was before an understandable mss and the treaty was completely different in an international environment in five countries have decided that they have the right to have this weapon and others do not and in that time, they were able so that we were able to deliver and to guarantee that this will be suspected. now it is completely different and we have this which is obtained and do you think that it is still possible with any country to having to deny that right and the weapon now, sense only by force it does not work. and the legitimate race. it is nonexistent. >> well, first of all, i would make a couple of points. i think it -- i think that most people agree. i've certainly think that russia and the united states agreed that a world where more countries have nuclear weapons is a more dangerous world. and i would argue that the proliferation of nuclear weapons makes it a more dangerous world and more likely that you will see these nuclear weapons years and that we are a world in which, we are bad actors that can talk about the nuclear material that is not adequately safeguarded. in per t
which was before an understandable mss and the treaty was completely different in an international environment in five countries have decided that they have the right to have this weapon and others do not and in that time, they were able so that we were able to deliver and to guarantee that this will be suspected. now it is completely different and we have this which is obtained and do you think that it is still possible with any country to having to deny that right and the weapon now, sense...
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and was in areas where there are high threat environments to their soldier. all the things you want an ally to tell us to do. we spent three weeks trying to explain we didn't listen to french or spanish phone calls. it's been our problem. i met with a group from the european union yesterday, there is a bipartisan group going to brussels two weeks, i think, i'm leading a delegation to have the discussions bhap we don't want to have happen is for them to use it as an excuse for excluding american companies to operate in europe. you know, there would be no reason to do that. candidly. , and again, these are not companies run, owned, operated or don't plug-in to them as you might see in the press for our american it companies. it just doesn't happen. we have lays, protections, oversight. i told my european allies, do you realize we send our intelligence services to a corp., a foreign intelligence surveillance court before they can go and listen to a foreigner . another service in the world that send their service to a third party doter see if they can listen to t
and was in areas where there are high threat environments to their soldier. all the things you want an ally to tell us to do. we spent three weeks trying to explain we didn't listen to french or spanish phone calls. it's been our problem. i met with a group from the european union yesterday, there is a bipartisan group going to brussels two weeks, i think, i'm leading a delegation to have the discussions bhap we don't want to have happen is for them to use it as an excuse for excluding american...
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they are created by the various political social economic environments. in other words, the lone wolf terrorist do not inherit from other states. they are a part of our society and subjects of the political and economic ideology and religious environments. in other words, many of them share values through the technology through the website and so forth. some operate on one basis of a single attack and some operate on multiple attacks. there were a number of studies that were developed over the years that we are trying to follow on a daily basis and i think that it requires a great deal of interest in terms of radicalization and international society tries to understand what can be done to deal with it. so ultimately the discussion would provide i think the initial context for the discussion and the first speaker as i mentioned is spike bowman who has a very rich background in the government and in the academic community and taking one course now sco w. and one for the interns he is a student in the class so to be paired with a class tomorrow. i think of s
they are created by the various political social economic environments. in other words, the lone wolf terrorist do not inherit from other states. they are a part of our society and subjects of the political and economic ideology and religious environments. in other words, many of them share values through the technology through the website and so forth. some operate on one basis of a single attack and some operate on multiple attacks. there were a number of studies that were developed over the...
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army, the environs of the united states military academy in west point in 2011. and if you go through my paper, i make some arguments about the logical implications of gates' vision. >> so, gordon, i would agree with the fact that the word "shape," shape the international environment means all things to all people. so for me, the most important elements are deterring adversaries from mischief or aggression, reassuring arter ins and allies of our -- partners and allies of our commitment to them, and, you know, working with allies and partners to build their capacity to contribute to regional and international security. you know, i agree with a lot of phil's comments about readiness for what. we can't predict specifics, but i think the mission manies of the u.s -- missions of the u.s. military have been fairly consistent there being able to deter and defeat aggression against our allies, crisis response, counterterrorism ask so forth on down the list. that's just a sampling, not the full list. to mitzi's point about, you know, again, i agree with the importance of
army, the environs of the united states military academy in west point in 2011. and if you go through my paper, i make some arguments about the logical implications of gates' vision. >> so, gordon, i would agree with the fact that the word "shape," shape the international environment means all things to all people. so for me, the most important elements are deterring adversaries from mischief or aggression, reassuring arter ins and allies of our -- partners and allies of our...
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it's about as providing a security environment that allows that guinness and to build itself in an independent self secured afghanistan is absolutely in the national security interest of the united states of america. we forget that it's where the planning, financing and recruiting and training happened for 9/11. i will guarantee you they are licking their chops thinking making get back into those eastern provinces. we just can't let that happen and i don't know if you are familiar with the status of forces agreement that would give some function of the protection of our soldiers to operate there and how we would operate them and these are good international agreements. karzai is playing a game and i think he is figuring we want to the deal more than he wants the deal or he thinks we have to have a deal and i hope we don't play this game of chicken and turn away and walk away and i don't think that is where the mindset is. this deal is really important and by the way it sends a message both to our adversaries and their allies in the region that we are not just going to pac up and go home. that
it's about as providing a security environment that allows that guinness and to build itself in an independent self secured afghanistan is absolutely in the national security interest of the united states of america. we forget that it's where the planning, financing and recruiting and training happened for 9/11. i will guarantee you they are licking their chops thinking making get back into those eastern provinces. we just can't let that happen and i don't know if you are familiar with the...
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there are lovely 19 labor representatives trickled in there to environ less, one consumer group and no partridge or pear tree. seriously. this is a totally unbalanced system with 600 corporate visor's telling our negotiators what they ought to be doing. now how is it that trade agreements can affect our domestic policy? the binding rule in all of our current trade agreements as the following, signatory countries shall insure the conformity of all domestic laws, regulations, and administrative procedures. that is to say that all existing and future u.s. laws must be conformed to the terms in the trade agreement. consider the agreement now that president obama is seeking fast track for the trans-pacific partnership. twenty-nine chapters, the text just of the non-tariff stuff is the size of very large phone book, and only five chapters are about trade. twenty-four chapters of rewriting u.s. law to the back door of secretive closed-door 600 corporate adviser influence trade negotiations. this form of diplomatic legislating has been used by democratic and republican person to tap presidents
there are lovely 19 labor representatives trickled in there to environ less, one consumer group and no partridge or pear tree. seriously. this is a totally unbalanced system with 600 corporate visor's telling our negotiators what they ought to be doing. now how is it that trade agreements can affect our domestic policy? the binding rule in all of our current trade agreements as the following, signatory countries shall insure the conformity of all domestic laws, regulations, and administrative...
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and from that demanding combat environment this kandahar, we transitioned two years ago to operation attention to train -- to the training mission devoted to supporting nato's main strategic objective, that of preparing the afghan national security forces to take responsibility for afghanistan's security by themselves. since 2011 canada has been the second largest contributor to the nato training mission after the united states. and and as kathleen said, roughly 950 of our troops focused on giving the afghans the tools they need not only to fight the taliban and affiliates, but also to train their own forces in this effect. indeed, afghan forces are now not only planning and leading most security operations across the nation, but 90% of all military training in afghanistan is now being conducted by the afghans themselves. that's a strategic and operational success, one that will pay dividends over the long term by helping insure that afghan forces can sustain their progress and ultimately help prevent afghanistan from ever again becoming a safe haven for terrorists. terrorists that w
and from that demanding combat environment this kandahar, we transitioned two years ago to operation attention to train -- to the training mission devoted to supporting nato's main strategic objective, that of preparing the afghan national security forces to take responsibility for afghanistan's security by themselves. since 2011 canada has been the second largest contributor to the nato training mission after the united states. and and as kathleen said, roughly 950 of our troops focused on...
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first, the mission is to protect human health and the environment. as someone who worked in public health before i entered politics, i can think of no mission of the federal government that is more important or noble than not. as a member of congress, i should be doing all it can to encourage epa attempts to carry out a challenging mission. i think too often epa has made a target for funding cuts and his leadership said jack did to harassment and denigration. unfortunately, ira committee has not been immune from employing these type x. mr. chairman, i am a texan and i'm no stranger to the oil and gas industries in the economic benefits it can bring war to the pollution and health and environmental impacts those industries can also bring. i know the epa's actions have consequences for companies sometimes negative. i have also noted epa's actions have important consequences for help of our constituents. especially those who are young or elderly. those consequences have been very positive indeed over the 40 years the epa has been in existence. we all wa
first, the mission is to protect human health and the environment. as someone who worked in public health before i entered politics, i can think of no mission of the federal government that is more important or noble than not. as a member of congress, i should be doing all it can to encourage epa attempts to carry out a challenging mission. i think too often epa has made a target for funding cuts and his leadership said jack did to harassment and denigration. unfortunately, ira committee has...
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so, as i said, are changing operational environment demands new approaches. urban terrain will continue to be the predominant war fighting internment, bringing with a unique set of challenges. those challenges to my belief, deal with what i call precision. you know, and the days of desert , mountain, or jumbo warfare you could be less precise kaj especially in terms of, you know, the application of military power. in the day and age there are red warfare -- and we definitely see this coming even in the last decade as we work, you know, operate in places like flu shell or missile will or baghdad or kandahar, jalal about, these were urban areas, generally urban areas. as we see more and more of the population moving to end of organization affect, precision of our capability is going to be key, and the other way that i would describe it is understanding, you know, understanding should be a principle of war, as i'm concerned like economy of force or mastermind stand in the operational environment, one of the principal lessons learned from the last decade of war t
so, as i said, are changing operational environment demands new approaches. urban terrain will continue to be the predominant war fighting internment, bringing with a unique set of challenges. those challenges to my belief, deal with what i call precision. you know, and the days of desert , mountain, or jumbo warfare you could be less precise kaj especially in terms of, you know, the application of military power. in the day and age there are red warfare -- and we definitely see this coming...
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as we move to the electronic environment, the compliance rate will go up and then i'll see the number drop over time. so the answer to your question is, is i fix it by putting procedures in place that drive the ro in the right direction and put system i think i think if -- fixes in place that force the behavior to ensure the veteran gets the right decision. >> before i yield, e i remind you and remind everybody how many times secretary sat there and talked about accountability. you do all the system call stuff you want. if you are not motivating people to do it, i know they are highly motivated people who want to do right by the veteran. there's a lack of accountability there. and across the board, but with that i'll yield to mr. oh -- >> thank i apologize for missing the second half of the hearing. i'll get ab update how you responded to the specific issues raised by ms. price and the veteran service organizations that were here. so just briefly bring up two issues. one, is in el paso at fort bliss we have 1800 cases, 1100 are backlogged at the derail site in seattle. and so just a p
as we move to the electronic environment, the compliance rate will go up and then i'll see the number drop over time. so the answer to your question is, is i fix it by putting procedures in place that drive the ro in the right direction and put system i think i think if -- fixes in place that force the behavior to ensure the veteran gets the right decision. >> before i yield, e i remind you and remind everybody how many times secretary sat there and talked about accountability. you do all...
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but the idea social media environments haven't occurred before is unprecedenteunprecede. the social reactions you get to social media that it will tr trivalize debate and that is are the issues they are raising today. >> there are things you can do on the internet that you couldn't do with the pamphlets but the similarities are close enough week we can learn. >> you write tat today's platform represent a transitional stage like aol and compuserve. >> if you look at the way e-mail or web publishing works, if you don't like the way google is looking at your mail, you can set up your own web server thaz that runs the open standards and plug it in. similarly, if you don't want a company like wordpress to host your blog, you can set up your own standards and set it up. it is done in the centralized way and owned by large companies. this is very different. it is not open standard base and distributed. so i wonder if that is a permanent state of affairs. this is what happened with aol and compuserve. it looks like they owned access to the consumer internet, but people bought str
but the idea social media environments haven't occurred before is unprecedenteunprecede. the social reactions you get to social media that it will tr trivalize debate and that is are the issues they are raising today. >> there are things you can do on the internet that you couldn't do with the pamphlets but the similarities are close enough week we can learn. >> you write tat today's platform represent a transitional stage like aol and compuserve. >> if you look at the way...
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the book, so one ray of hope for me is a program that is an acronym that stands for results only work environment and it's a management strategy that companies right now gap inc. is using it and basically what they say is this is especially pertinent to the knowledge workers. forget about time as you know it, forget about clocking in at a clocking out. we are always available anyway so who cares. forget about showing up for meetings. meetings are optional. your sole job is your employee is we are going to hold you accountable to resolve. what this does is it kind of turns the paradigm around because it means employees that are repeated at their jobs and effective and efficient end up being reworded for that and people who are just a buzz in the chair but they are there for 12 hours a day, they are no longer reworded for just kind of showing up and companies become more profitable. there's all kind of case studies around it so that is one example, the vikings that there is a lot to be gained for the businesses figuring this out because the fact is we are not living the 1950s model anymore. we can'
the book, so one ray of hope for me is a program that is an acronym that stands for results only work environment and it's a management strategy that companies right now gap inc. is using it and basically what they say is this is especially pertinent to the knowledge workers. forget about time as you know it, forget about clocking in at a clocking out. we are always available anyway so who cares. forget about showing up for meetings. meetings are optional. your sole job is your employee is we...
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tells us that these mutations the introduction of genetic variation allows us to adapt to changing environment and what gives us the wonderful physical diversity we see in a roomful of people like this. although mutations can cause disease they also allow us to adapt and we should be thankful for them. the natural question that comes up in this context is how much do we differ? at these mutations are happening every time we produce how much variation is there among humans? if we look at identical twins these are nature's clones. identical twins differ at essentially zero dna aces. it's not quite true but it's close enough. they are identical at the dna level. if we look at unrelated humans do i have any guesses as to how much an unrelated pair of humans differs at the dna level black swan and what? well it's not very much. one and 1000. at the dna level this most fundamental unit of our biology, we are 99.9% identical. there's an important message right there. if we compare ourselves to our nearest biological relative to champ we are 99% identical to the gym. this is for dna sequences that we
tells us that these mutations the introduction of genetic variation allows us to adapt to changing environment and what gives us the wonderful physical diversity we see in a roomful of people like this. although mutations can cause disease they also allow us to adapt and we should be thankful for them. the natural question that comes up in this context is how much do we differ? at these mutations are happening every time we produce how much variation is there among humans? if we look at...
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that's not easy to do in today's environment. >> i would concur with my colleagues and don't have anything to add. >> thank you very much. thank you, mr. chairman. >> i might make one comment in the refer to the plant in southern california and has 33% renewable mandate. i was talking to one of the ceos how one of the major utilities out there. as say build new transmission lines to bring in renewable power to where they need it, they're getting in some instances specific instructions to going underground on the transmission lines, which races are technical issues. the ceo in wrong to me that the mileage they are going underground is costing his utility $100 million a mile. so we are talking about some costly situations in some cases. this time to recognize the gentleman from texas, mr. olson for five minutes. >> i think the chair and i assure you i'll take only a maximum of four hours -- four minutes and 59 seconds of my time. >> witnesses. chairwoman lafleur, commissioner moeller, commissioner norris, welcome, happy holidays. i have one question about the tax credit. poster with you, com
that's not easy to do in today's environment. >> i would concur with my colleagues and don't have anything to add. >> thank you very much. thank you, mr. chairman. >> i might make one comment in the refer to the plant in southern california and has 33% renewable mandate. i was talking to one of the ceos how one of the major utilities out there. as say build new transmission lines to bring in renewable power to where they need it, they're getting in some instances specific...
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what is going on in this high-stakes highly restless claims processing environment? collis employee focused on the development of issues than what is working and what's not working? also, much here but the folks at best edition of the out sub inspector general to look at specific complicated claims on an annual basis within the regional office. reviews of va oig reports as well as recent veteran testimonials are alarming. in the past four years at least 19 regional offices have been inspected by the oig on more than half the decrease in a claims processing accuracy with respect to commit brain injuries. the reports indicate the oig visit to the 10 regional office evidenced more errors than the initial visit. with respect to temporary 100% disabled claims, while improvements have been made on half of the offices are in fact it still could not process 50% of these claims correctly on their second inspection. there's still no other word for this but i'm except the bull feared at this time, i would like to welcome our witnesses. we will have three panels here today. curr
what is going on in this high-stakes highly restless claims processing environment? collis employee focused on the development of issues than what is working and what's not working? also, much here but the folks at best edition of the out sub inspector general to look at specific complicated claims on an annual basis within the regional office. reviews of va oig reports as well as recent veteran testimonials are alarming. in the past four years at least 19 regional offices have been inspected...
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welcoming, safe and collaborative environments. you can't show we a school that works or a district or a state or a cub that works -- country that works where that notion of collaboration as opposed to competition, that notion of welcoming and safe environment so that schools are central to communities are not the dominant theory as as opposed to testingd sanctioning. and so that's what we are trying to do, work with community, bottom-up solutions that are aligned with what communities need, great neighborhood public schools and, ultimately, really trying to make sure that every -- that public education is an anchor of our democracy, a to pell hour of our economy and probably most important, really, really make sure that we give and figure out how to enable all kids to have the opportunity to not only dream their dreams, but achieve them. >> and we are live this morning awaiting remarks from treasury secretary jacob lew on implementation of the dodd-frank financial regulations law. he will be introduced by former fdic chief sheila
welcoming, safe and collaborative environments. you can't show we a school that works or a district or a state or a cub that works -- country that works where that notion of collaboration as opposed to competition, that notion of welcoming and safe environment so that schools are central to communities are not the dominant theory as as opposed to testingd sanctioning. and so that's what we are trying to do, work with community, bottom-up solutions that are aligned with what communities need,...
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somehow resist this change and argued against making this new health paradigm a much more conducive environment i think ultimately stand to lose a great deal as we go forward. so as i consider the achievements and this transformational moment, the one thing i would say is that there are a couple of characteristics of the american health sector that are going to remain somewhat unique to america. the first i would argue is that unlike every other industrialized country, united states has never really had what i would call a system. we refer to it as a health care system, but if you define a system is having a central administrator and a central decision-making authority, we've never had that. what we have is a collage of subsystems, both public and private here the medicare and medicaid systems, subsystems being some of the more significant public. our whole private health insurance, one of the more private systems but we also have entitlement care and the veterans administration. and uncompensated care that we all pay for in very inefficient ways, in the emergency room and in other ways as peop
somehow resist this change and argued against making this new health paradigm a much more conducive environment i think ultimately stand to lose a great deal as we go forward. so as i consider the achievements and this transformational moment, the one thing i would say is that there are a couple of characteristics of the american health sector that are going to remain somewhat unique to america. the first i would argue is that unlike every other industrialized country, united states has never...
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if you cite to the political environment as your justification? congress isn't doing what i want. i may suffer political damage so i'm going to do it anyway. i think in your testimony you did make some good points. i will give you that. you didn't cite the justification for delaying the mandate. he was asked about a press conference and he said in the normal political environment i would call the speaker and say this doesn't go to the essence of the law and we would've delay for a year but the but there wasn't a political environment on quote unquote obamacare. i think that is totally outlandish of the explanation and even more because congress by the time he made that statement had already passed the bill to delay the employer mandate precisely for the reason the president suggested. let me ask another question because professor turley, i appreciate her testimony and you cite above examples of the founding fathers. mr. lazarus you made the point that it doesn't mean that the rest of these guys say. original founding fathers understood, but you di
if you cite to the political environment as your justification? congress isn't doing what i want. i may suffer political damage so i'm going to do it anyway. i think in your testimony you did make some good points. i will give you that. you didn't cite the justification for delaying the mandate. he was asked about a press conference and he said in the normal political environment i would call the speaker and say this doesn't go to the essence of the law and we would've delay for a year but the...
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recently my two little peas in a boom in housing and schools to pleasant environment. in a dead yet. if she were to be medina bobby is in utah. and that means a new line. ross from children to fund the top these plants are moving next summer. they should eventually be joined by thousands more residents are no plans for another role on the end of the hill are already in the offing. each count in the nfc spying scandal in the quarter the washington post the agencies gathered in the finals begin to cause that will actually use as a b day the report cites unnamed nsa officials as saying the agency is taking hundreds of millions of cell phones worldwide. us officials say they used today to develop intelligence about foreign targets in mass relationships two possible candidates the report is based on documents obtained by former nsa contractors and would snow. in many parts of the world when people are a second language teachers english. english speakers. it was one school in britain and the time to encounter stake in sky and carolyn as a second language. warning to our view
recently my two little peas in a boom in housing and schools to pleasant environment. in a dead yet. if she were to be medina bobby is in utah. and that means a new line. ross from children to fund the top these plants are moving next summer. they should eventually be joined by thousands more residents are no plans for another role on the end of the hill are already in the offing. each count in the nfc spying scandal in the quarter the washington post the agencies gathered in the finals begin...
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it's in an environment where israel as well as many u s lawmakers don't think that iraq should develop nuclear technology at all. the obama administration had to gauge the diplomatic acrobatics to both acknowledge he runs right to peaceful nuclear energy and not acknowledge it at the same time. we approach these negotiations with a basic understanding. iran like any nation should be able to access peaceful nuclear energy. but because of its record of violating its obligations. iran must accept strict limitations on its nuclear programs that make it impossible to develop a nuclear weapon. the scope and role of iran's enrichment as is set forth in the language within this document says that iran's peaceful nuclear program is subject to a negotiation and to mutual agreement. despite the officials attempts to appease the hawks with punches are flying here looks like we tacitly agreed that they will be enriching for commercial purposes down the road so i think you gonna say on capitol hill again a bipartisan effort to try to make sure that this is not the falling rain. another set of marco
it's in an environment where israel as well as many u s lawmakers don't think that iraq should develop nuclear technology at all. the obama administration had to gauge the diplomatic acrobatics to both acknowledge he runs right to peaceful nuclear energy and not acknowledge it at the same time. we approach these negotiations with a basic understanding. iran like any nation should be able to access peaceful nuclear energy. but because of its record of violating its obligations. iran must accept...
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as i said, our changing operational environment demands new approaches. urban terrain will need to be the dominant were fighting environment, bringing with it a unique set of challenges. those challenges, i believe, deal with precision. , mountain, of desert bejungle warfare, you could less precise in terms of the application of military power. in the day and age of urban , and we see this in the these werehdad, urban areas. as we see more of the population an urbanization effect, the precision of our capability will be key. the other way i describe it is understanding. it should be a principal of war. one of the lessons learned from , ourast decade of war failure to understand the operation environment led to a mismatch of resources and capabilities apply to that environment. as we move into a different operational environment, and this is one that is emergent, and we have to have a better and we will have to be very precise applying management. it is everything we do. in terms of taking it back to find deficiencies and need a new threat environment at t
as i said, our changing operational environment demands new approaches. urban terrain will need to be the dominant were fighting environment, bringing with it a unique set of challenges. those challenges, i believe, deal with precision. , mountain, of desert bejungle warfare, you could less precise in terms of the application of military power. in the day and age of urban , and we see this in the these werehdad, urban areas. as we see more of the population an urbanization effect, the precision...
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the implementation threatens the safe haven of the flexible work environment for those who depend on it. thank you for the opportunity to testify before you today regarding the health care law and its effects of the business aggregation rules on small businesses like ours. i'm proud and grateful for the responsibility to serve my community in austin texas serving customers. we are committed to working with congress to find solutions that foster growth and truly benefit the communities we serve. >> thank you mr. winstanley. our final witnesses donna baker. she holds an mba from michigan state university and a b.a. in accounting from siena heights university. welcome. >> thank you chairman collins and ranking member velazguez and members of the committee. it's an honor to be here to testify on this subject. i am donna baker. i've been a cpa for 25 years and i've owned my own accounting firm for the last 13 years. i lived and practiced practiced and when lake county michigan which is a very small rural area. on top of owning my own cpa for miles on a small company. i've invested in a re
the implementation threatens the safe haven of the flexible work environment for those who depend on it. thank you for the opportunity to testify before you today regarding the health care law and its effects of the business aggregation rules on small businesses like ours. i'm proud and grateful for the responsibility to serve my community in austin texas serving customers. we are committed to working with congress to find solutions that foster growth and truly benefit the communities we serve....
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forms of communications, what are they exhibit -- whether they originate in a wireline or wireless environment. future of the communications industry, with u.s. telecom head walter mccormick. tonight on "the communicators," at 8:00 eastern on c-span2. >> i got upset with the president. the, at my mental health first few meetings. then they never showed up. housewalking in the white and i met this woman, one of the press people. , nobody ever covers my meetings. she said, mrs. carter, mental health is not a sexy issue. legislation and mental health systems act of 1980. it passed through congress one month before jimmy was, as he says, involuntary retired from the white house. the incoming president put it on a shelf. it was one of the greatest of women's of my life. >> rosalynn carter, tonight at 9:00 eastern, live on c-span and c-span3. also on c-span radio and c- span.org. upon returning from when he said was his eighth trip to the middle east, john kerry addressed a forum on u.s.-israel posted by the brookings institution's savon for him. he talks about the nuclear deal with the ran, palesti
forms of communications, what are they exhibit -- whether they originate in a wireline or wireless environment. future of the communications industry, with u.s. telecom head walter mccormick. tonight on "the communicators," at 8:00 eastern on c-span2. >> i got upset with the president. the, at my mental health first few meetings. then they never showed up. housewalking in the white and i met this woman, one of the press people. , nobody ever covers my meetings. she said, mrs....
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it's a very changed environment. >> we begin by talking about the polls. would ask you about asking your professional a suspect in the. he was very focused on greatness and the idea of great leaders, great men, great people in history. where does he rank? if the average, below average, above average? >> i would describe it as a significant present. i would not say he was a great president in the league with let's say fdr or lincoln or washington, but he was a significant president. and in some ways his legacy becomes more significant than his record as president. there were some great achievements, significant achievements as president that resolution of the cuban missile crisis, the nuclear test ban treaty to the promised to put a man on the moon, putting those, that civil rights bill before the congress. those four major bills that johnson passed should all be called kennedy-johnson built. but impossible to describe him in the league, although lots of people, the polls show him since his death consistently one of the top five presidents in american histo
it's a very changed environment. >> we begin by talking about the polls. would ask you about asking your professional a suspect in the. he was very focused on greatness and the idea of great leaders, great men, great people in history. where does he rank? if the average, below average, above average? >> i would describe it as a significant present. i would not say he was a great president in the league with let's say fdr or lincoln or washington, but he was a significant president....
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that isn't easy to do in today's environment. >> i would conquer with my colleagues. >> thank you mr. chairman. >> i might comment on this you refer to the closing of the nuclear plant in southern california and california is a 33% renewable mandate and i was talking to one of the ceos of one of the major utilities out there and as they build new transmission lines to bring in renewable power to where they need it, they are getting in some instances specific instructions relating to some going underground on the transmission lines which raises a lot of technical issues and the ceo informed me that in the mileage that they are going underground is costing his utility $100 million a mile. so you know, we are talking about some costly situations in some cases. at this time i would recognize the gentleman from texas for five minutes. >> thank the chair for your patience. i will take only a maximum of four hours and four minutes on my time. chairwoman lafleur, commissioner moeller and clark, welcome, happy holidays. i have one question on the tax credit and start with you in the sugar. as
that isn't easy to do in today's environment. >> i would conquer with my colleagues. >> thank you mr. chairman. >> i might comment on this you refer to the closing of the nuclear plant in southern california and california is a 33% renewable mandate and i was talking to one of the ceos of one of the major utilities out there and as they build new transmission lines to bring in renewable power to where they need it, they are getting in some instances specific instructions...
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it's in an environment where israel as well as the u s lawmakers don't think that iraq should develop nuclear technology at all. the obama administration actually engage in diplomatic acrobatics to both acknowledge he runs right to peaceful nuclear energy and not acknowledge it at the same time. we approach these negotiations with a basic understanding. iran like any nation should be able to access peaceful nuclear energy. but because of its record of violating its obligations. iran must accept strict limitations on its nuclear programs that make it impossible to develop a nuclear weapon. the scope and role of iran's enrichment as is set forth in the language within this document says that iran's peaceful nuclear program is subject to a negotiation and to mutual agreement. despite the officials attend school team the hawks with punches are flying here. looks like we tacitly agreed that they will be enriching for commercial purposes down the road so i think you gonna say on capitol hill again a bipartisan effort to try to make sure that this is not the falling rain. and of the set of b
it's in an environment where israel as well as the u s lawmakers don't think that iraq should develop nuclear technology at all. the obama administration actually engage in diplomatic acrobatics to both acknowledge he runs right to peaceful nuclear energy and not acknowledge it at the same time. we approach these negotiations with a basic understanding. iran like any nation should be able to access peaceful nuclear energy. but because of its record of violating its obligations. iran must accept...
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but it was a natural response to our environment. >> hip ety hop ety. >> you put yourself in a new environment of risk. people say you had a lot of guts. i didn't have a lot of guts. i didn't go to the moon not to come back. >> blooming with color, atmosphere and light in a cold, black sky. profoundly affected sernan. >> i promise you, if i could take every human being with me for five minutes, standing next to me on the surface of the moon and look back at the earth, the world might be a better place to live in. there is no question in my mind that there is a creator of the universe. >> joining me now, the last man to walk on the moon, gene sernan. i am so honored and thrilled to have you hire. when i grew up, the astronauts were the heroes for every kid my age. and when i think about our space program and all it has meant, i'm somewhat frustrated. we don't have much emphasis on the space program. i think we're losing something. what are relosing by abandoning our space efforts? >> i think we're losing the vision and the commitment that john f. kennedy, the challenge he presented the american
but it was a natural response to our environment. >> hip ety hop ety. >> you put yourself in a new environment of risk. people say you had a lot of guts. i didn't have a lot of guts. i didn't go to the moon not to come back. >> blooming with color, atmosphere and light in a cold, black sky. profoundly affected sernan. >> i promise you, if i could take every human being with me for five minutes, standing next to me on the surface of the moon and look back at the earth,...
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so unless we humanists adapt to the current environment we may lose not only big verdes is that in in the last presidential race, but also some big votes that would otherwise have been possible through federal support. i believe we can combat the sideline and humanities they make in our batting title in viable to the larger world in whatever way possible and bring to bear the expense of vision that the humanities can offer and now more than others to challenge not only the arcane over specialization in academe, but also the narrowness of extremism that are all prevalent in america today. beneath the american renaissance at my other books is to try to represent the entire american experience from the grassroots up, including all varieties of writers to show how the most energetic forces and popular culture have been rechannel to refashion and timeless works of literature. thank you very much. [applause] >> i was going to say a few words, they forfeited that by coming late here would like to take questions. anything unlike say to one another? are you just waving? any questions you could
so unless we humanists adapt to the current environment we may lose not only big verdes is that in in the last presidential race, but also some big votes that would otherwise have been possible through federal support. i believe we can combat the sideline and humanities they make in our batting title in viable to the larger world in whatever way possible and bring to bear the expense of vision that the humanities can offer and now more than others to challenge not only the arcane over...
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new environment of risk. people say, well, you have a lot of the guts. i didn't have guts. i knew what i was doing. didn't go to the moon not to come back. >> soon enough it was time to come back. not before the sight of the earth, blooming with color, atmosphere, and life in a cold, black sky profoundly affected him. >> i can promise you if i could take every human being with me for five minutes, stand them next to me on a surface of the moon and look back at the earth, the world meet very well be a better place to live in today. there's in question in my mind that there is a creator to the universe. >> joining me now, the last man to walk on the moon, gene. gene, i have to tell you, imso hoshed, so thrilled to have you here. as i said at the beginning, when i grew up, the astronauts were the heroes for every kid my age. what are we losing, gene, by abandoning our space efforts? >> well, i think we're losing the vision and the commitment that john f. kennedy she the challenge she presented the mesh people wi
new environment of risk. people say, well, you have a lot of the guts. i didn't have guts. i knew what i was doing. didn't go to the moon not to come back. >> soon enough it was time to come back. not before the sight of the earth, blooming with color, atmosphere, and life in a cold, black sky profoundly affected him. >> i can promise you if i could take every human being with me for five minutes, stand them next to me on a surface of the moon and look back at the earth, the world...
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even though the government is not concluded studies on how fracking can affect the environment well operations are in full swing here in texas there are thousands of them impossible to miss and it seems no study can get in the industry's way if in fact you're asking the question of whether something could happen to halt shale production the united states i think that is highly unlikely it is extremely beneficial to the national economy franking is being largely responsible for the boom in u.s. energy production but maybe like we're back i fear they could be left to pay the price for her every week there is another tremor and another crack in her house she says she can't even sell it and leave the area we would have never moved here if we would have thought that all of this was going to go out and we were going to live in the middle of a wasteland we would have never moved here and now are stuck while energy companies are rubbing their hands in the anticipation of gigantic profits from fracking people who live just steps away from gas wells or increasingly fearful about the water that they drin
even though the government is not concluded studies on how fracking can affect the environment well operations are in full swing here in texas there are thousands of them impossible to miss and it seems no study can get in the industry's way if in fact you're asking the question of whether something could happen to halt shale production the united states i think that is highly unlikely it is extremely beneficial to the national economy franking is being largely responsible for the boom in u.s....
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or in a wireless environment. so, yeah, i would say america's future is a wire line future. >> the future of the communications industry with u.s. telecom head walter mccormick tonight on "the communicators" at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span2. >> next, house and senate negotiations on a budget compromise. the plan, due by this friday. this is from today's washington journal. >> host: welcome back. we're joined now by bob bixby, executive director of the concord coalition. thank you for joining us this morning. >> guest: you're welcome. >> host: over the weekend it was reported that negotiators are getting closer to a budget deal. tell us what that's likely to look like and what it means. >> guest: well, it looks like what they're going to try to do is replace about two years' worth of the sequestration cuts which was a lower level of cap that went into effect earlier this year and replace the savings so it wouldn't add to the deficit by increasing some government fees and perhaps requiring a higher contribution from fed
or in a wireless environment. so, yeah, i would say america's future is a wire line future. >> the future of the communications industry with u.s. telecom head walter mccormick tonight on "the communicators" at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span2. >> next, house and senate negotiations on a budget compromise. the plan, due by this friday. this is from today's washington journal. >> host: welcome back. we're joined now by bob bixby, executive director of the concord coalition....
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we're in a political environment. we're in an environment when that normal change that occurs every year becomes a big political thing. and we have now the affordable health care act. we have the exchanges all across america, some working well, some not so well. gives people an opportunity for the first time ever to actually be able to shop for insurance. hadn't been able to do that before. if you are working in a company, the employer did the shopping for you. now, a lot of that's going to continue on. but if you're in a small company or ininsured, you can shop for insurance, compare prices and quality and coverages and who's providing the doctor and the hospital. never before was that available. >> host: last question on the subject, and folks are waiting to talk to you as well, but there's been a lot of questions on whether democrats can run on the affordable care act in 2014. republicans say they want to target your district next year. can you run on the affordable care act, and will you? >> guest: i have been a s
we're in a political environment. we're in an environment when that normal change that occurs every year becomes a big political thing. and we have now the affordable health care act. we have the exchanges all across america, some working well, some not so well. gives people an opportunity for the first time ever to actually be able to shop for insurance. hadn't been able to do that before. if you are working in a company, the employer did the shopping for you. now, a lot of that's going to...
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we loved the environment in which you could actually achieve results. that's the great thing about being a governor. and i look at so many members of the utah state legislature who are here, and with each one of the i can tell you stories about how we able to get things done and there can do attitude. just remarkable. joe then went on to the senate and became terribly frustrated with the culture that existed on capitol hill, something that evan knows a lot about. i went on to china to become our senior diplomat running the embassy there, and we kind of regrouped a little bit when joe and nancy jacobson who really was the power behind no labels initially came and said would you like to become a part of this movement? and i thought what on earth is new labels? is a third party effort to try to shipwreck the republicans and the democrats? is it a bunch of mushy moderates trying to get together to take over the world? none of the above. come to find out that it is a group that respects the fact that we have a two-party system, and they are endeavoring to ch
we loved the environment in which you could actually achieve results. that's the great thing about being a governor. and i look at so many members of the utah state legislature who are here, and with each one of the i can tell you stories about how we able to get things done and there can do attitude. just remarkable. joe then went on to the senate and became terribly frustrated with the culture that existed on capitol hill, something that evan knows a lot about. i went on to china to become...
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it is the concern my ultimate control of the of the environment of the shopping environment let's take a step back and look at why is ball culture prospering in merging markets first is because shopping mall security. and this is something that in the u.s. is no longer an issue. the shopping mall offers a controlled environment. it is one in which i'm not only going to shop but i'm also going to look and be seen by other people in the u.s. retail trends follow housing housing trends so we are watching. several things happened first is the repopulation of some of our cities and as people come back into a city they are shopping a city. second is is that we are seeing a much more concerted effort at channel which which means that i am not separating the bricks and mortar world from the online world i am using online as a way educated myself before i go in to look at product in the. right and the separate silos that have. done this is catalogue this is bricks and mortar and this is all mine are just not existing and email doesn't mean that the ability. or potential for profit markets. decr
it is the concern my ultimate control of the of the environment of the shopping environment let's take a step back and look at why is ball culture prospering in merging markets first is because shopping mall security. and this is something that in the u.s. is no longer an issue. the shopping mall offers a controlled environment. it is one in which i'm not only going to shop but i'm also going to look and be seen by other people in the u.s. retail trends follow housing housing trends so we are...
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it's not new a safer place in an environment where israel as well as many u.s. lawmakers don't think that iran should develop nuclear technology at all the obama administration had to engage in diplomatic acrobatics to both acknowledge iran's right to peaceful nuclear energy and not acknowledge it at the same time we approach these negotiations with a basic understanding of iran like any nation should be able to access peaceful nuclear energy but because of its record of violating its obligations iran must accept strict limitations on its nuclear program that make it impossible to develop a nuclear weapon the scope and role of iran's enrichment as is set forth in the language within this document says that iran's peaceful nuclear program is subject to a negotiation. and to mutual agreement despite the official's attempts to appease the hawks punches are flying it looks like we've tacitly agreed that they will be enriching for commercial purposes now on the road so i think you're going to see on capitol hill again a bipartisan effort to try to make sure that this
it's not new a safer place in an environment where israel as well as many u.s. lawmakers don't think that iran should develop nuclear technology at all the obama administration had to engage in diplomatic acrobatics to both acknowledge iran's right to peaceful nuclear energy and not acknowledge it at the same time we approach these negotiations with a basic understanding of iran like any nation should be able to access peaceful nuclear energy but because of its record of violating its...
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the environment, the behavior, the social aspects of life, all of these things are influenced and it is the interplay, especially for these were common diseases like hypertension and diabetes and so forth. we know that there is an interplay and a genetic predisposition of what you are eating and how much exercise you are getting and so on and so forth. so this is where it gets very complicated, but i want to make sure that i emphasize that the genomic is a key part of this puzzle. >> host: we have doctor eric green, please go ahead with your question or comment. >> caller: hello, i was in vietnam and i caught malaria and when i came back to fort bragg, i had a relapse. i am having problems and i cannot hear that well. and i have these warts or what whatever growing out of me and the va cut it out. what kind of long-term effect will this have? >> the person that spoke with me on these interviews would really be the expert on that. this is an expert on infectious disease and we have a world expert on that. we have the institute that he runs, hoping to get those insights and what i will
the environment, the behavior, the social aspects of life, all of these things are influenced and it is the interplay, especially for these were common diseases like hypertension and diabetes and so forth. we know that there is an interplay and a genetic predisposition of what you are eating and how much exercise you are getting and so on and so forth. so this is where it gets very complicated, but i want to make sure that i emphasize that the genomic is a key part of this puzzle. >>...
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the environment, behavior, social aspects of life, all of these things influence it. it is the interplay, especially for more common diseases, hypertension, diabetes. we know that there is an interplay. genetic predisposition but in terminal contributions. -- but environmental contributions, what you are eating, how much you exercise. i want to emphasize that genomics is a key part of this puzzle but it is not the only part. host: from maryland, william is joining us. dr. eric green at nih. -- i wasy question is in vietnam and i can't malaria. i stayed in the field house for three months. when i came back to fort brag, i had a relapse. i am having problems. i cannot hear that well. warts growing out of me. the va cut the amount. -- cut them out. what kind of side effect or long-term effect is this? host: can you adjust that? thet: dr. fauci would be expert on that. this is an infectious disease. i would refer you to the institute that he runs to get the sort of insight. what i will tell you to make the point about a disease like malaria, it is a complicated infectious
the environment, behavior, social aspects of life, all of these things influence it. it is the interplay, especially for more common diseases, hypertension, diabetes. we know that there is an interplay. genetic predisposition but in terminal contributions. -- but environmental contributions, what you are eating, how much you exercise. i want to emphasize that genomics is a key part of this puzzle but it is not the only part. host: from maryland, william is joining us. dr. eric green at nih. --...
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and again that kind of non-dynamic environment is an opportunity, not a obstacle. a big institution lots of people care about sometimes during the course of the year lots ever people will tune in. is there constitutional right to same-sex marriage? yeah there's a big part of population interested of that. is obamacare constitutional? a huge number of people will focus on it in an institution will not adapt itself because it is very stayed in -- staid in getting that information out there. what it is they're that we're doing as part after national conversation it should be clear to everyone we're hardly alone. so for example, american lawyer media for which tony now works, has this wonderful publication, supreme court insider, which is getting more information about the court. pete now reports not on, all the law that, the justice department, the supreme court but they have instead of one platform in nbc news now, msnbc ends the website of "nbc news." so i do think that we're far from alone in taking advantage of the lower cost of distribution. we should talk at som
and again that kind of non-dynamic environment is an opportunity, not a obstacle. a big institution lots of people care about sometimes during the course of the year lots ever people will tune in. is there constitutional right to same-sex marriage? yeah there's a big part of population interested of that. is obamacare constitutional? a huge number of people will focus on it in an institution will not adapt itself because it is very stayed in -- staid in getting that information out there. what...
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the technology is harmful to people's health and the environment. the real concern is that this is a technology that basically has been proven not to work as the oil industry claims and it has resulted in contamination irrefutable evidence of contamination of water soil and the and and also significant negative health impacts on the population that live above the gas fields but it reflects the fact that we are dealing with a cowboy industry that is driven by greed and little else that. the government of bahrain again coming under fire for alleged human rights violations despite calls from amnesty international authorities have failed to free one of the country's most well known activists who's now already served most of his term he was put behind bars in two thousand and twelve are now eligible for release but likely to stay locked up on top of that authorities recently detained the leader of the european bahraini organization for human rights the same joe was arrested when he went to a police station to file a defamation complaint against a governm
the technology is harmful to people's health and the environment. the real concern is that this is a technology that basically has been proven not to work as the oil industry claims and it has resulted in contamination irrefutable evidence of contamination of water soil and the and and also significant negative health impacts on the population that live above the gas fields but it reflects the fact that we are dealing with a cowboy industry that is driven by greed and little else that. the...
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to talk about issues you care about whether it's national security or second amendment rights or the environment or whatever that that necessarily involves spending money. and i think that's true. the second point tha i would mas money in politics is as important as being able to protest because not everybody has the time and the ability to show up everywhere with a picket that they can certainly write a check. so i actually am not a critic of citizens united. i do believe people have a first amendment right and whether it is somebody on the left or on the right, they had earned that money and they possess that money and they should be able to spend accordingly. my question would be to people who for example like a public financing of elections etc. is do they really trust incumbents, those who hold seats in congress to design a system that is not going to favor incumbents? i know that sounds terribly cynical but we know by and large people operate out of self-interest. so there is no easy solution and people who say i want to get the money out of politics where i want to delete a public financi
to talk about issues you care about whether it's national security or second amendment rights or the environment or whatever that that necessarily involves spending money. and i think that's true. the second point tha i would mas money in politics is as important as being able to protest because not everybody has the time and the ability to show up everywhere with a picket that they can certainly write a check. so i actually am not a critic of citizens united. i do believe people have a first...
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or wireless environment. so yeah, america's future is --eless here and -- wireless communicators"he at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span 2. >> i got upset with the --sident because they never showed up anymore. woman who was one of the press people. she said, mental health is not a sexy issue here you -- is not a sexy issue. -- itsed a mental health passed through congress. [indiscernible] never implemented it. one of the disappointments of my -- life. and span,ming up tonight on c- .q&a" with david finkel after that, prime minister's questions. that is followed by the editor of the u.k. guardian newspaper talking about british security and nsa surveillance. bulletsweek on "q&a," are prize-winning journalist david finkel discusses his latest book, titled, "thank you for your service." >> david finkel, at what point did you decide to call this book "thank you for your service"? the gamepened late in after i turned in the manuscript and we were searching for a title. i had another one in mind, which was "the suicide roo
or wireless environment. so yeah, america's future is --eless here and -- wireless communicators"he at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span 2. >> i got upset with the --sident because they never showed up anymore. woman who was one of the press people. she said, mental health is not a sexy issue here you -- is not a sexy issue. -- itsed a mental health passed through congress. [indiscernible] never implemented it. one of the disappointments of my -- life. and span,ming up tonight on c-...
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here in the senate when i say that our primary focus really should be on continuing to put in place an environment that creates jobs, that lays a foundation for economic growth, and that's one of the things that getting a budget deal would help do. we've recently seen some signs of progress in the economy, the jobs report on friday was positive with over 200,000 private-sector jobs added in november, and we've now had 45 straight months of private-sector job growth. but we all know that we're not out of the woods yet. we have a lot more work to do. and we need to build on the momentum that is there to get more people back to work. when i travel around new hampshire, my constituents tell me that they're very frustrated with the gridlock in washington and what they want is for us to agree on a budget and to take action that supports economic growth. granite staters are absolutely right about that. with the potential budget agreement, we have an opportunity to eliminate some of the uncertainty in our economy, to eliminate some of those harmful cuts that are part of sequestration, the automatic budget
here in the senate when i say that our primary focus really should be on continuing to put in place an environment that creates jobs, that lays a foundation for economic growth, and that's one of the things that getting a budget deal would help do. we've recently seen some signs of progress in the economy, the jobs report on friday was positive with over 200,000 private-sector jobs added in november, and we've now had 45 straight months of private-sector job growth. but we all know that we're...
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stake here is the legal basis upon which troops and trainers can operate in afghanistan in a post 2014 environment. it can't be switched on and off like a light switch, that is the message from nate toe and john kerry. what they are trying to do is impress on karzai the necessity of signing this paper before the end of the year. it will be a tough ask because karzai at the moment appears adamant that he won't budge. >>> hezbollah is blaming israel for the death of one of its senior commanders, accusations that israel is denying. a spokesman for the lebanese organization says he was assassinated outside of his home in beirut. hezbollah is a powerful organization made up mostly of shiite muslims. >>> the same group is pointing to saudi arabia for an attack on an u.s. embassy last month. >>> russia's prime minister is urging stability and order in ukraine. his statement to a ukrainian official comes as protesters are threatening to tighten their circle. protesters say they will not stop until the current government is removed from power. the clashes are the result of the president not signing an trad
stake here is the legal basis upon which troops and trainers can operate in afghanistan in a post 2014 environment. it can't be switched on and off like a light switch, that is the message from nate toe and john kerry. what they are trying to do is impress on karzai the necessity of signing this paper before the end of the year. it will be a tough ask because karzai at the moment appears adamant that he won't budge. >>> hezbollah is blaming israel for the death of one of its senior...